JZ Section

JZ General notes

Antelope Valley general demographics

Antelope Valley population by race

  • I think a straight bar graph of demographics by race will be nice to set the context for AV as a diverse place

Antelope Valley population by age

  • The AV has a large youth population that will be worth highlighting in the report. Not sure if it has to be visualized or just in the report text as context.
  • We could probably even get some more AV youth context for the report from the Region 5 State of the Child report if needed.
Antelope Valley SPA 1 Age Demographics

age_re

total

count

rate

17 and under

408,374

112,293

27.5

18-24

408,374

37,453

9.2

25-34

408,374

55,825

13.7

35-44

408,374

53,665

13.1

45-54

408,374

48,584

11.9

55-64

408,374

50,358

12.3

65 and older

408,374

50,196

12.3

AVUHSD general demographics

  • Interesting to see that there are more Black students than White students. So if we have RIPA AVUHSD indicators with enrollment denominators something to consider and what arguments of disproportionately we can make.
  • Also given high Latinx/Black student enrollment need to be mindful of how we frame AVUHSD stops of these groups.
  • In general though I think it is important to be considerate of race comparisons when we get to data of AVUHSD stops. Regardless of race I think the point is that policing of youth in schools is bad.
  • For visuals, maybe a table? Or it could even be a table with AVUHSD demographics AND AV SPA 1 demographics combined in a large table? Example from Pillars: https://github.com/catalystcalifornia/sdpillars/blob/main/report_embeds/report_calgangstats_table.Rmd

AVUHSD Education indicators (graduation, suspensions, expulsions)

  • Students with disabilities have a lower graduation rate at 60.4% we should maybe use this with our stop rates of students with disabilities emphasizing that these students should be having more time in classrooms and less time interacting with police. Noting students with disabilities was part of the original interest groups expressed by CTC.
  • Latinx (79.4%) and Black students (72.7%) have lower graduation rates relative to other racial groups and they are the majority of the student population.
  • White students have a 5.1% suspension rate compared to 6.2% for Latinx students and 18.1% for Black students. Largest disparity for Black students. Black students are being suspended at more than triple the rate of White students this supports our narrative about students of color losing time in the classroom. However we need to be intentional how we frame it so we aren’t creating a narrative that “Black students are just bad kids”
  • Students with disabilities also have a high suspension rate at 13.7%. I think we should talk about this in the report especially as it relates to how are we serving our students who have different needs if we’re kicking them out of classrooms.
  • Wondering if there is a way to visualize or state the suspension disparity as “time lost” in the classroom in a year. Or, something like “Out of 4 weeks of school, Black students lost X amount of time…”
  • Similar trend for expulsions although rates in a vacuum are not high. Black students have highest expulsion rate (0.5%) compared to White students (0.1%).

Stop results in AVUHSD

Results of Stops in AVUHSD Schools

geography

stop_result

total

count

rate

Antelope Valley Union High School District

in field cite and release

904

620

68.6

Antelope Valley Union High School District

contacted legal guardian

904

304

33.6

Antelope Valley Union High School District

referral to school administrator

904

234

25.9

Antelope Valley Union High School District

custodial arrest without warrant

904

146

16.2

Antelope Valley Union High School District

psychiatric hold

904

29

3.2

Antelope Valley Union High School District

warning

904

26

2.9

Antelope Valley Union High School District

custodial arrest warrant

904

15

1.7

Antelope Valley Union High School District

no action

904

14

1.5

Antelope Valley Union High School District

referral school staff

904

10

1.1

Antelope Valley Union High School District

citation for infraction

904

9

1.0

Antelope Valley Union High School District

noncriminal caretaking transport

904

9

1.0

Antelope Valley Union High School District

field interview card completed

904

3

0.3

CR Section

CR General notes

  • Law enforcement stopped students in 904 stops between 2018 and 2023 (right?).
  • Law enforcement responded to a call for service in 317 of the 904 stops, or 35% of stops.
  • In other words, law enforcement chose to stop students in 65% of stops (587 of 904).
  • Nearly half of stops were for school fights and smoking marijuana, neither of which should require law enforcement.
  • Whether in response to a call or by officer choice, law enforcement said there was a reasonable suspicion that the person was engaged in criminal activity in roughly 90% of stops of students. The other 10% of stops were because of a consensual encounter and search, to determine if a student violated a school policy, to determine whether a student in truant, an outstanding arrest warrant, a possible Ed Code violation, or traffic violation.
  • Whether a student violated a school policy or Ed Code should be investigated by school staff NOT law enforcement. That was 4.2% of stops.
  • 15% of stops where the officer had a reasonable suspicion that the person was engaged in criminal activity were due to the student matching the a description. Stops where someone matches a description are fraught with error.
  • Law enforcement stopped students for a number unnecessary reasons including disrupting classwork, disruption of school activities, willfully disturbing a school zone, loud noise, litter, jaywalking, bothering other children, possessing unlawful paraphernalia.
  • Very different not school with traffic violation being number one.

AV Section

AV General notes

Stops of people in Antelope Valley (SPA 1)

  • Type up notes here. Feel free to refer to guiding questions in the top code chunk if they are helpful!

stops_age

When comparing the stop rates across age ranges, there are very minor differences in stop rates with a call for service and without a call for service. However, the only age range where there is a large difference between CFS and not CFS is for those 17 and under. Can we say that stops of people 17 and under are more likely to be call for service stops BECAUSE of the police contract in the school district? This can point to the circular logic of policing - wherever you place police is where you’re going to find “crime.” It doesn’t necessarily mean certain places are more crime-ridden, it just means more police are there. This makes me wonder, why was a police contract established in AV schools in the first place?

Stops with call for service Antelope Valley 17 and under 8.191322%

Stops with no call for service Antelope Valley 17 and under 1.649634%

stops_race

Comparing stop rates by race (stops_race) to the overall racial demographics in AV (av_population), we see that 47.43541392% of all stops are of Latinx people while 53.557278377173866% of AV’s population is Latinx. We see that 31.63618078% of all stops are of Black people, while 14.788894493772863% of AV’s population is Black. Thus, Black people are being stopped at ~2x the rate that would be expected, based on population counts.

stops_age_race

Stops of people in AVUHSD

stops_disability_avuhsd

Not sure how this helps with our narrative. Students with disabilities make up 2.5442477876106198% of all stops but their enrollment rate is 17.802167774842882%.

stops_race_avuhsd

Black students make up 53.2079646% of all stops but their enrollment rate is 16.6044266%. Black students are over-policed. Latinx students make up 38.1637168% of all stops but their enrollment rate is 67.1964660%. Latinx students are under-policed. White students make up 7.8539823% of all stops but their enrollment rate is 8.9352400%. White students are policed at the expected amount based on their enrollment rate.